# Incident 19920311020909I: Cessna 182C, Wichita Falls, TX, March 11, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1992, 11:00 local time
- Place: Wichita Falls, TX
- Airport: Sheppard Afb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9137° N, 98.4934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita Falls, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9137&lon=-98.4934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9169X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9169X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182D (registry code 2072710, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920311020909I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BURNING ODOR IN COCKPIT. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. HEATER HOSE HAD CORRODED AND A PLASTIC COVER SCORCHED.

## Other reports on N9169X (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19990609006739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990609006739A), Jun 9, 1999: Cessna 182D (N9169X), Zurich, KS, Substantial damage. Pilot made an emergency landing in a wheat field due to the formation of carb ice and subsequent engine failure, and the acft flipped over on landing, other…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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